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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 2 Chapter 57: The Malbeek Territory 4/4
Volume 2 Chapter 57: The Malbeek Territory 4/4
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Having enjoyed the hot springs, Cain made sure the maid from earlier was gone with [Search], then went into the changing room, took a change of clothes out of his [Item Box], and quickly put them on.
He dried his soaking wet hair using magic.
“That was really nice…”
In his previous world, one would now drink milk coffee, but there was no way that could be done in this world.
After all, the last time he had drunk coffee had been at Yuuya’s place, and Cain hadn’t been back there yet.
As he left the changing room, it turned out the maid was standing there in waiting, having sometime earlier changed back into her maid outfit from the bathrobe.
“Cain-sama, there is still some time remaining until supper has been prepared, and as such, His Excellency is awaiting you in the reception room.”
She spoke to him as if nothing had happened earlier.
Cain sighed, and, following the maid, he returned to the reception room from earlier. The maid knocked on the door, and after a voice answered ‘You can come in,’ she opened the door.
“Cain-kun, how were the hot springs? I’m quite proud of the ones here in this mansion.”
“It was really nice. So much so, that I want to go in again.”
Sitting face-to-face with Eric, Cain shared his honest opinion. Hearing that, Eric made a satisfied face.
“You’ll be my son-in-law in a bit, so you can come here anytime you want, okay? You can even get here instantly with [Transfer], right?”
“When the time comes, then, I’ll be in your care.”
The maid put the black tea she had brewed in the other end of the room down in front of them.
“And then, Cain-kun, it has been decided that the adventurers who attacked you today would be made into mining slaves. This land may have hot springs, but our mines are also famous. So they’ll be working there for ten years. Unsheathing their swords inside the town is bad enough, but then they also went and attacked you. There was talk about just giving them the death penalty, but in the end we decided to have them be useful as mining slaves.”
Cain nodded along. They had attacked him inside the town after all. Cain too, understood that they didn’t have much chance of getting away with it.
“Here’s the money we managed to sell the mining slaves for. And then, I’ve added a little extra as an apology for what happened.”
Eric handed over a small pouch to Cain. Peeking inside, Cain saw a number of platinum and gold coins.
“Isn’t this too much? Even if you sold them to a slave trader, you definitely didn’t get this much for them.”
“Yeah, like I said, reparations. The slaves were sold for a total of five gold coins, and the reparation money is five platinum coins.”
Cain thought that it was completely his fault for having ended up in prison, as he hadn’t communicated with Deleeta properly. And then the head of a ducal family had lowered his head in front of him and apologised. And now the fact that the very same duke was giving him reparation money was quite hard to bear.
“But this is too much– –”
“Cain-kun, you’re developing Drintor, aren’t you? I heard you built a wall that was more than twice as big as the previous one around the town in a single day. When developing a town, all sorts of costs will pop up. So, you should use that money I gave you.”
As if to stop Cain from speaking, Eric explained. There was no way Cain could ignore the fact that he was being so considerate.
“– –understood. Then, I’ll do as you say and accept it.”
Cain put the pouch in his pocket and bowed to Eric.
“And now that we’ve finished with that, let us go have dinner. The cooking here is quite delicious, if I do say so myself.”
Leaving the room, Cain followed behind Eric. When they got there, everyone else seemed to have already arrived in the dining room.
Naturally, Noel and Deleeta were both there, as well as two women who Cain thought were probably each of their wives.
There were two seats at the head of the table next to each other. Eric sat down on one, and beckoned for Cain to seat himself on the other.
As he was also the head of a noble family himself, Cain had no choice but to sit down next to Eric.
When everyone was seated, their glasses were filled for a toast. As Eric and the rest of his family were all adults, they received wine, while Cain got cold tea.
“Although it’s been a long time in the coming, Viscount Cain has come to visit today. There were some misunderstandings, but he’ll be Silk’s husband in the near future. I’d like us all to get along well from now on. Well then, cheers!”
““““Cheers!!!!””””
They all raised their glasses in a toast, then drank up the contents.
After the toast, everyone introduced themselves. As it turned out, one of the women was indeed Noel’s wife, and the other one Deleeta’s.
Silk had an older sister, but as she was quite a bit older than her, she had already been married. Moreover, to the crown prince, which meant that she was now living in the royal castle.
In other words, she was the next king’s wife.
Although he had been to the royal castle many times, the only time he’d met other members of the royal family other than Teles and the king was when he had been given his title of Baron.
As he always ended up having conversations with Teles that should not be leaked, they had no choice but to always meet in a closed room.
The maids divided the cooking from a large platter and placed some down in front of everyone.
The delicious smell tickled Cain’s nose.
“As this is quite the mountainous area, you can catch mountain goats quite often.”
Eric explained. Cain carried the food to his mouth, using a knife and fork.
The sauce suffusing inside his mouth was very tasty indeed.
They continued eating the food laid out on the table, savouring the taste of each mouthful of food.
They also chatted with each other while eating.
“Cain-kun, did you come straight here from the royal capital?”
Cain shook his head in response to Eric’s question.
“No, I bumped into Viscount Santos on the way and ended up staying at his mansion for a night.”
Eric was surprised at Cain’s answer.
“That Sir Santos? That stubborn old man asked you to stay the night on your first meeting?”
“Actually– –”
Cain told Eric how he had been on his way to the Malbeek territory when he saw a carriage being attacked by robbers, and decided to go help defeat them.
As he had yet to confirm with Sarah that Santos was really his grandfather, Cain stayed silent on that matter.
“I see… I think I might get it. They’re a matrilineal family over there, so I bet he told you to ‘Become my grandson-in-law!’ or something. They do have a child around your age, after all.”
“– – that’s… how it was, yes.”
Cain chuckled at the fact that it had been exactly as Eric had described.
“In your case, Cain-kun, I’m a bit worried you’ll just have more and more wives. Currently, you have three including Silk, right? It’s quite rare, even for a noble, to have three fiancées at your age.”
As he drank more and more alcohol, Eric became more and more talkative.
“No no, there’s no way I’d further increase the number if I can help it.”
“I wonder if that’s the truth– – speaking of which, you’ll have to go say hello at commander Tifana’s family’s home as well, right?”
In truth, Cain had planned to arrive in Malbeek and stay there for just a day, before going on to the Leebert territory, but his plans had kind of gone wild.
“What do you mean with the knight’s commander’s family’s home…?”
Deleeta asked.
“Haven’t I told you yet? It’s been decided that Her Highness Princess Telestia, Silk, and Lady Tifana are all to be Cain-kun’s fiancées.”
“Wh-whaaat…”
The commander of the royal knights was famous for her battle mania within the kingdom. She was also famous for always boasting that she would only marry someone stronger than herself.
“He was already stronger than Lady Tifana at the age of five. Good for you, eh? If he’d actually attacked you… well, yeah.”
Eric didn’t say anything more than that. But Deleeta still swallowed his saliva. He could easily imagine what his future would have looked like.
“By the way, you’ll be staying here for the night, right? We’ve prepared everything for you, too.”
Cain could have used transfer magic to [Transfer] back to the royal capital, but as the only one who knew about that was Eric, he nodded along.
“I think I’ll be heading back to the royal capital tomorrow, but for today, I’ll be in your care.”
“Yeah, Cain-kun, you like hot springs, right, so I’ll make it so you can go in even at night.”
Cain, remembering the hot springs from earlier, immediately replied.
“Yes! Please do!”
“– –you really do like them, don’t you. Hot springs.”
Eric smiled at Cain’s answer.
“– –yes…”
Cain nodded, his face turning red at noticing how enthusiastically he’d answered.
Having finished eating, Cain was shown to a guest room. He wanted to go into the hot springs again, even if just for a little.
“Cain-sama, the hot springs are ready.”
The maid told him that the hot springs were currently vacant.
“Yeah, I’ll go in then.”
Guided by the maid, he entered the changing room. Then, as he was about to take off his clothes, he heard some rustling from behind him, making him turn around unintentionally.
The maid who had guided him there was in the process of taking off her maid outfit.
“I said I’m fine, okay!!!”
“– – that is a pity.”
The maid left the room making a face as if it was truly a pity… and then turned around.
“Perhaps I should wash you back after all– –”
“Get out!”
Cain closed the door.
